No illegal trade in great apes!
- by: Frans Badenhorst
- recipient: WWF, Jinan Zoo (Shandong Province - China) and the Hefei Wildlife Park (Anhui province - China).
As concerned citizens of the world, I urge you to stop the import of primates from Guinea to China immediately. I am deeply concerned by the illegal import of wild-caught chimpanzees and gorillas from Guinea for Chinese zoos in recent years. As a member of CITES, China should be aware of its responsibility to fight the illegal trade and reject any imports of dubious origin. As I learned, put China on the import of protected wildlife from Guinea, despite warnings from the CITES Secretariat templates repeatedly questioned the validity of export permits from Guinea.
Within four years (2007-2011) a total of 104 wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) have been exported to China, all supposedly bred in captivity. In addition, 10 gorillas (all in 2010) exported to zoos in China, also it. Based on obviously forged CITES documents that classify them as captive bred animals officially The Secretariat informed the parties in September 2011, that there is no commercial breeding of CITES-listed species in Guinea.Exports are therefore a violation of the Biodiversity Convention, and have come through the use of invalid and fraudulent permits and certificates about. Although the first notification of fraudulent exports from Guinea was published in 2006, China imported apes from Guinea at least until 2011, the latest year for which official data are available on the trading.
Baby chimpanzees in Guinea have been shown in two Chinese zoos - the Jinan Zoo (Shandong Province) and the Hefei Wildlife Park (Anhui province). The animals were brought costumed including in shopping centers, which raises additional questions about the economic purpose of the imports.
I therefore call on China to confiscate all illegally imported apes and return them in a suitable sanctuary in Africa, where they can be rehabilitated and possibly again can be released. Given that China 2011 also four wild chimpanzees in Sierra Leone in imported has, and that may require additional illegal imports exist in other countries, China should launch an investigation into the trade and keeping of apes, this should include the introduction of DNA testing, as well. seizure, sending back and reintroduction of illegally imported animals
Dear sirs
Baby chimpanzees in Guinea have been shown in two Chinese zoos - the Jinan Zoo (Shandong Province) and the Hefei Wildlife Park (Anhui province). The animals were brought costumed including in shopping centers, which raises additional questions about the economic purpose of the imports.
I therefore call on China to confiscate all illegally imported apes and return them in a suitable sanctuary in Africa, where they can be rehabilitated and possibly again can be released. Given that China 2011 also four wild chimpanzees in Sierra Leone in imported has, and that may require additional illegal imports exist in other countries, China should launch an investigation into the trade and keeping of apes, this should include the introduction of DNA testing, as well. seizure, sending back and reintroduction of illegally imported animals
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